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You should care if you agree there is discrimination in tech. If you are part of a minority and have never faced discrimination in tech, that might give credibi
by owens99 11y ago
You should care if you agree there is discrimination in tech. If you are part of a minority and have never faced discrimination in tech, that might give credibility against such a claim.
- omonra 11y agoI don't agree because I fail to see examples of said discrimination. Maybe it's there - what evidence points to it? How many black women got 5 on AP CS test?
- rmxt 11y agoIs the AP CS test supposed to be some sort of impartial arbiter of talent and ability? What does the AP test have to do with anything?
- omonra 11y agoYes it is - it's a measure of interest in computers and drive/intelligence. If you don't like AP CS test - pick some other parameter that indicates that this population that should (absent discrimination on part of money-bag holders) produce a number of startup founders.
- rhallie15 11y agoMost schools don't even offer AP CS. Especially not public schools that primarily serve low-income students (which black people are disproportionately more likely to be). The course/exam is not equally accessible to people across racial demographics, and is, therefore, not a logical metric to measure potential (unless you're maybe looking at percentage of people getting 5s out of the total number of people of that demographic taking it).